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and president romney might well decide that he would defend the constitutionality of the statute, but it does not seem that that kind of social conservative question has a lot of civilians in something like a presidential debate. i think it will, other than health care, i can't see much happening. >> i think it -- i think it will not happen. and here's why. no major national political figure has attacked affirmative-action publicly since 1996 or four. it is kind of remarkable. the republicans to during the 90's for a while we're seeing some political profit in attacking affirmative action given the poll's don't do anymore. the democrats said maybe it's time to stop these racial preferences. the democratic council was inching down that road. but that's all gone. and i have spoken to republican politicians. why is that? and the answer was, we get so demonized if we ever raised voices against affirmative action. it's just not worth the cost, not worth the hassle. i think part of it, ironically, was there was an incredibly bitter campaign in california over proposition 209 which banned ra
and president romney might well decide that he would defend the constitutionality of the statute, but it does not seem that that kind of social conservative question has a lot of civilians in something like a presidential debate. i think it will, other than health care, i can't see much happening. >> i think it -- i think it will not happen. and here's why. no major national political figure has attacked affirmative-action publicly since 1996 or four. it is kind of remarkable. the...
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i do think that for governor romney the past week to say for the first time in a presidential debate just before the election, to say that i'm not going to cut education funding, when his own proposals would cut nondefense domestic discretionary funding by over 50% over the next several years. it's hard to believe. i think it contradicts specifically a number of things that he sang and the campaign website, i will mention two or three quickly. your website, there's a proposal that would immediately cut, make a 5% across the board cut, across the board and programs, across the board i think means across the board. secondly, last night your coach or repeat what governor romney said which is he would eliminate the move back the clock on the direct loan program. the president -- said $61 million that praise god to banks and middlemen. and that funding would to pell grants, community colleges, student loan support and repealing that within leave major cuts and holes in the pell grants, community colleges. the third lasting our mission is language language again in the governor's plan talk
i do think that for governor romney the past week to say for the first time in a presidential debate just before the election, to say that i'm not going to cut education funding, when his own proposals would cut nondefense domestic discretionary funding by over 50% over the next several years. it's hard to believe. i think it contradicts specifically a number of things that he sang and the campaign website, i will mention two or three quickly. your website, there's a proposal that would...
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which alters primary tomorrow, it's a special a two-man race between him and mitt romney. however, mr. santorum cannot win at least 10 other states 54 delegates because his campaign failed to file the paperwork. the former pennsylvania senator will be in dixon, illinois for a rally and we will have live coverage of that add about 1 p.m. eastern. in the meantime that romney will be campaigning in chicago. he will be giving an economic policy speech at the university of chicago this afternoon. she's beec-span will have live e at 115 eastern. the former massachusetts governor one puerto rico's 20 delegates yesterday, and met romney's wife said last night that it's time for the other republican candidates to get behind her husband. as we mentioned, illinois hold its primary tomorrow. the status 54 delegates at stake and several polls show a close race in the illinois primary. a poll taken over the weekend by public policy polling shows mr. romney ahead of rick santorum, 45-30% among likely republican primary voters. with newt gingrich at 12% and ron paul at 10%. including puer
which alters primary tomorrow, it's a special a two-man race between him and mitt romney. however, mr. santorum cannot win at least 10 other states 54 delegates because his campaign failed to file the paperwork. the former pennsylvania senator will be in dixon, illinois for a rally and we will have live coverage of that add about 1 p.m. eastern. in the meantime that romney will be campaigning in chicago. he will be giving an economic policy speech at the university of chicago this afternoon....
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i do think that are governor romney the past week to say for the first time in a presidential debate just before the election, to say that i'm not going to cut education funding when his own proposals would cut nondefense domestic discretionary funding by over 50% over the next several years. it's hard to believe. i also think it contradicts specifically a number things using and the campaign website. i think is on twitter today. the last time i looked at you website is a proposal that would immediately make a 5% across the board cut, across the board in programs. across the board means across the board. secondly, last night. co-chair repeat what governor romney has of which is to eliminate the move back the clock on the direct loan program. the president foster a program which $661 billion that it bravely gone to banks, kind of vitamin and subsidized loans. ad-funded what to pell grants, community colleges, student loan support and repeating that within leave major cuts and holes in the pell grants together to colleges. the last thing i'll mention is language again and the governor'
i do think that are governor romney the past week to say for the first time in a presidential debate just before the election, to say that i'm not going to cut education funding when his own proposals would cut nondefense domestic discretionary funding by over 50% over the next several years. it's hard to believe. i also think it contradicts specifically a number things using and the campaign website. i think is on twitter today. the last time i looked at you website is a proposal that would...
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presidential campaigns. we talk with john kneuer who supports mr. romney's tech agenda and ed paisley who supports president obama's. but neither is an official campaign spokesman. "the communicators" tonight at 8 eastern here on c-span2. and our campaign coverage continues live at 7 eastern on c-span with the indiana u.s. senate debate. republican state treasurer richard murdoch goes against democratic candidate congressman joe donnelly. the cook political report rates this race a toss-up. >> this isn't about governor bush, it's not about me. it is about you. and i want to come back to something i said before. if you want somebody who believes that we were better off eight years ago than we are now and that we ought to go back to the kind of policies we had back then, emphasizing tax cuts mainly for the wealthy, here is your man. if you want somebody who will fight for you and who will fight to have middle class tax cuts, then i am your man. i want to be. now, i doubt anybody here makes more than $330,000 a
presidential campaigns. we talk with john kneuer who supports mr. romney's tech agenda and ed paisley who supports president obama's. but neither is an official campaign spokesman. "the communicators" tonight at 8 eastern here on c-span2. and our campaign coverage continues live at 7 eastern on c-span with the indiana u.s. senate debate. republican state treasurer richard murdoch goes against democratic candidate congressman joe donnelly. the cook political report rates this race a...
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i watched the presidential nominee romney be asked this question, what are you going to cut? he said, we'll discuss it later. and mr. ryan said -- the vice-presidential nominee for the republicans -- we'll work with congress on it. right. listen, they know they have to make draconian tax increases on the middle class and the working poor. they have to cut the things america wants in order to pay for their tax cut. no wonder mr. romney picked mr. ryan. mr. romney will get less than a 1% -- he'll be in a 1% tax bracket. that's what the experts saivment caexperts --that's what the exp. can you imagine? while his secretary and everybody else pays through the nose. this is an important time for you these next 60 days or so many of and i want to thank my friend from iowa because i was very interested in laying out some of these issues, but he encouraged me to do so. i'm very delighted to be here with him, and i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. harkin: madam president, let me thank my colleague, senator boxer, for always being on point and for alway
i watched the presidential nominee romney be asked this question, what are you going to cut? he said, we'll discuss it later. and mr. ryan said -- the vice-presidential nominee for the republicans -- we'll work with congress on it. right. listen, they know they have to make draconian tax increases on the middle class and the working poor. they have to cut the things america wants in order to pay for their tax cut. no wonder mr. romney picked mr. ryan. mr. romney will get less than a 1% -- he'll...
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the top presidential candidate on the republican side is mitt romney. he just said one of the first things he'll do -- i heard it, everybody heard it; it was loudly broadcast, vividly broadcast on television -- he will do as the first thing, if elected, is overturn these new policies, making birth control more affordable. imagine. that's his promise. that's why he wants to be elected. i hope the american public is listening carefully to what's being said. mr. president, affordable birth control shouldn't be controversial. i thought we put this question to rest long ago. back in 1965 the supreme court overturned the state of connecticut's ban on contraception. and today 99% of women either use birth control or have used it at some point during their lives. it has become a critical component of health care for women in our country. but as so many women know, birth control is also significantly expensive. one-third of all women have struggled to pay for it. and even if you have health insurance, it's a struggle. co-pays for birth control can be as much as
the top presidential candidate on the republican side is mitt romney. he just said one of the first things he'll do -- i heard it, everybody heard it; it was loudly broadcast, vividly broadcast on television -- he will do as the first thing, if elected, is overturn these new policies, making birth control more affordable. imagine. that's his promise. that's why he wants to be elected. i hope the american public is listening carefully to what's being said. mr. president, affordable birth control...
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of vice-presidential debate there was a question that vicepresident biden was saying governor romney allocated $2 billion and that was not we were asking for, we are seeking to roll back $1 trillion of cuts. what does $1 trillion of cuts include? >> to the best of my knowledge if you add them for $87 billion of budget control act cuts to the $492 billion that right now we are facing on the fiscal cliff with sequestration which nobody wants but the president has said he will veto if it -- if there is an effort to exempt defense the president's is prepared to veto congressional action and let us go over the fiscal cliff which frankly is not my idea of how to deal with a problem but that is the president's idea. let's say that happens. let's say congress says we cannot jeopardize our national defense and the president says i veto. amazing he didn't veto the budget control act but is prepared to veto this, $900 billion is awfully close to $1 trillion. >> if i could clarify that. >> he seemed to knocked the fine the 4% of gdp figure, he was saying we are not looking at adding more money b
of vice-presidential debate there was a question that vicepresident biden was saying governor romney allocated $2 billion and that was not we were asking for, we are seeking to roll back $1 trillion of cuts. what does $1 trillion of cuts include? >> to the best of my knowledge if you add them for $87 billion of budget control act cuts to the $492 billion that right now we are facing on the fiscal cliff with sequestration which nobody wants but the president has said he will veto if it --...
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mitt romney is the first presidential candidate in the history of the united states with a swiss bank account, ebay could have used python to conceal their wealth and how they have earned it and secondly by others to feel the swiss francs have a better investment than the u.s. dollar. i would like to hear me on to explain his motive in choosing a swiss bank account. the american people have the right to know this information. s. carl levin sat on the floor yesterday, we've done extensive investigations over 10 years about tax shelters in the cayman islands were mitt romney has put his money and over and over a can we have found them to be used in an abusive way to deny revenue to the united states of america. and it romney has to answer these questions honestly and directly. the final point i will make us safe. we have a lot of discussion now about the cliff, what will happen with the class in the next measure will take is the issue of tax cuts. i think the president and democratic senators have taken the right position. protect americans making less than $250,000 a year so their taxe
mitt romney is the first presidential candidate in the history of the united states with a swiss bank account, ebay could have used python to conceal their wealth and how they have earned it and secondly by others to feel the swiss francs have a better investment than the u.s. dollar. i would like to hear me on to explain his motive in choosing a swiss bank account. the american people have the right to know this information. s. carl levin sat on the floor yesterday, we've done extensive...
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and and romney. all of that every minute of the republican and democratic national conventions live on our companion network c-span, also on c-span radio and streamed live at c-span.org. >> now, i know that there are those who criticize me for seeing complexities, and i do because some issues just aren't all that simple. saying there are weapons of mass destructions does not make it so. saying we could fight a war on the cheap does not make it so. as to claiming mission accomplished, certainly does not make it so. [applause] >> three days after september the 11th i stood where americans died in the ruins of the twin towers. workers in hard hats were shoving to meet, whatever it takes. a fellow grabbed me by the arm and said, do not let me down. since that day i wake up every morning thinking about how to better protect our country. i will never relent in defending america, whatever it takes. [applause] >> c-span has every minute of every major party conventions since 1984, and our countdown continues
and and romney. all of that every minute of the republican and democratic national conventions live on our companion network c-span, also on c-span radio and streamed live at c-span.org. >> now, i know that there are those who criticize me for seeing complexities, and i do because some issues just aren't all that simple. saying there are weapons of mass destructions does not make it so. saying we could fight a war on the cheap does not make it so. as to claiming mission accomplished,...
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joe logan says, romney appeared much more presidential. neither one has a lot of experience in foreign policy but it's clear that obama hasn't learned much in the past four years. that he has had the opportunity. next call is from valerie in bowling green, kentucky, on our support president obama line. valerie, you're on the "washington journal." what did you think of last night's debate? >> caller: actually i thought last night's debate was really informative. president obama showed up. he really gave me more confidence than i already have, being that i moved from michigan four years ago when it was just really out of whack. everybody, all the plants there, the auto plants were closing, ford, general motors, chrysler. i have family members that work for those plants that were fortunately, at retirement so they weren't really affected by it. people were losing jobs. i had a business there. i had to shut my business down because most of my clientele were the teachers, auto industry workers and thus far, so on. basically i feel as though pre
joe logan says, romney appeared much more presidential. neither one has a lot of experience in foreign policy but it's clear that obama hasn't learned much in the past four years. that he has had the opportunity. next call is from valerie in bowling green, kentucky, on our support president obama line. valerie, you're on the "washington journal." what did you think of last night's debate? >> caller: actually i thought last night's debate was really informative. president obama...
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romney's vice-presidential nominee, chairman of the house budget committee, voted for the wars but forgot to pay for them. nobody knows exactly how much these two wars will end up costing, but the guess is by the time we take care of the last veteran seven years from now -- 70 years from now, those wars may run up over $3 trillion and we did not pay for them to the tune of one penny. all put on the credit card, all added to the deficit. and, mr. president, i find it somewhat unusual that many of our republican deficit hawks who stand up here on the floor of the senate every day and tell us how deeply concerned they are about the deficit, well, they all voted for huge tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires to the tune of a trillion dollars over a ten-year period. well, you don't give huge tax breaks to the rich and not offset it if you are serious about the deficit and not being hypocritical. and many of my republican friends during the bush years voted for the insurance company written medicare part d prescription drug program, written by the insurance companies and the drug compani
romney's vice-presidential nominee, chairman of the house budget committee, voted for the wars but forgot to pay for them. nobody knows exactly how much these two wars will end up costing, but the guess is by the time we take care of the last veteran seven years from now -- 70 years from now, those wars may run up over $3 trillion and we did not pay for them to the tune of one penny. all put on the credit card, all added to the deficit. and, mr. president, i find it somewhat unusual that many...
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mitt romney, governor romney selected paul ryan as his running mate. and i should say at the outset, and larry sort of indicated this, jim indicated this, the, the personal relationship we have is a very good one. we get along well. we have, however, very, very deep and fundamental differences. on where we should go in this country. the good news is i believe that in the budget committee and on the floor of the house we've been able to express those differences in a civil manner, in a way that i think has sharpened the debate and elevated the debate and made the choices more clear. and i very much hope that as we head into the final days of this election we will focus on those choices that are before us, focus on very deep policy differences. because i fundamentally believe that when you examine the ryan and now the ryan/romney plan, that you will discover that it is simply returning to a failed trickle-down economic strategy, a strategy that we tried during the bush administration which crashed against the hard wall of reality. because after those eig
mitt romney, governor romney selected paul ryan as his running mate. and i should say at the outset, and larry sort of indicated this, jim indicated this, the, the personal relationship we have is a very good one. we get along well. we have, however, very, very deep and fundamental differences. on where we should go in this country. the good news is i believe that in the budget committee and on the floor of the house we've been able to express those differences in a civil manner, in a way that...
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i also don't think that's kind of in the dna of matt romney. there was a wonderful moment in the mccain campaign. therapy limits on her way up to meet him at his home in sedona, arizona for the interview and he's on the phone with the lawyer who handled the vetting process and the house had just completed the vetting is very appealing. it was done quietly and rather hurriedly and many people think rather through leave. the last thing became sad is hey give me your bottom line and he said john, high risk, high reward. mccain responded, should've told me that. i've been a gambler on a life, which is true. mayor brown is not the gambler. matt romney is solid, stayed in everything -- every single that has come out of the romney is that they are not going to go that route there, but they're going to pick a governing choice, someone who will be seen as capable of becoming president in the event that something happened if president romney were to win. so i think were looking at a quite different model, influenced both by the problems that occurred fou
i also don't think that's kind of in the dna of matt romney. there was a wonderful moment in the mccain campaign. therapy limits on her way up to meet him at his home in sedona, arizona for the interview and he's on the phone with the lawyer who handled the vetting process and the house had just completed the vetting is very appealing. it was done quietly and rather hurriedly and many people think rather through leave. the last thing became sad is hey give me your bottom line and he said john,...
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if romney wins or the vice presidential candidate he will have the mandate for some version of the budget probably tempered a little bit to get some democratic votes but if he becomes president he will have a mandate for something close to that and either way we will get a big deal plus the pressure of the debt limit and other things in the markets out there. i think 2013 becomes a big entitlement reform tax reform budget reform moment. it does mean and this gets to john's point there will be an amazing pettit november 7th and suddenly the campaign will be over and president obama has to say a lot of people voted for him guess what we are in the entitlement reform and all that stuff i said about how mitt romney is going to destroy america suddenly we are going to be doing something wildly different from some of the reforms the republicans talked about and of course romney is going to have the same problem in the campaign to his credit the romney transition team led by the predecessor is actually working pretty seriously on what they would have to do. but the disconnect i don't know if it
if romney wins or the vice presidential candidate he will have the mandate for some version of the budget probably tempered a little bit to get some democratic votes but if he becomes president he will have a mandate for something close to that and either way we will get a big deal plus the pressure of the debt limit and other things in the markets out there. i think 2013 becomes a big entitlement reform tax reform budget reform moment. it does mean and this gets to john's point there will be...
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candidate mitt romney. he's speaking to the associated builders and contractors trade group today. arizona's presidential primary is this coming tuesday, and we will have live coverage of that. we are being told that governor romney is running a few minutes behind, and we'll return for his remarks in about 15 minutes or so. right now, though, your phone calls from this morning's "washington journal." [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> again, remarks from republican presidential candidate mitt romney in just a couple of moments. he'll be speaking to the associated builders and contractors trade group. we'll have live coverage when it gets under way in about 15 minutes here on c-span2.re's [inaudible conversations] >> on wednesday night debate viewers will see the now-familiar four. some of those watching, though, will still be dreaming of chris christie, jeb bush, paul ryan or mitch daniels. as romney's campaign has faltered and his candidacy has lost the aura of inevitability. there has
candidate mitt romney. he's speaking to the associated builders and contractors trade group today. arizona's presidential primary is this coming tuesday, and we will have live coverage of that. we are being told that governor romney is running a few minutes behind, and we'll return for his remarks in about 15 minutes or so. right now, though, your phone calls from this morning's "washington journal." [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> again, remarks from...
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and then for governor romney, he's only been coming -- is a thin resume for a presidential candidate in the sense that one term governor and a typical state where he had no, you, almost no support in the legislature didn't really run on much of an agenda, change things and messages, take over for republican governors. is the toshiba was a health care bill which i just seem like a good idea at the time to him. so i don't think it's the right situation to the olympics is about a copper by. business i agree with john isn't culpable. in a funny way it harder to anticipate to me at least what they're white house administration will look like in 2013. that it may would normally be the case if a bob dole or jon mccain or bill clinton, these are people of been in office a long time either innocent or governorship, i think one had a sense of how their strengths and weaknesses. i'm not sure either case you that we now. and the question is i suppose the campaign, what have we learned from the campaigns. i'll think about that for a minute and let bart -- i think it is an interesting question in
and then for governor romney, he's only been coming -- is a thin resume for a presidential candidate in the sense that one term governor and a typical state where he had no, you, almost no support in the legislature didn't really run on much of an agenda, change things and messages, take over for republican governors. is the toshiba was a health care bill which i just seem like a good idea at the time to him. so i don't think it's the right situation to the olympics is about a copper by....
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and romney's case to continue to be presidential and how smart answers to questions. >> candy. >> i mean, i like the town hall idea. i like the idea of it. they were so eager to talk to them. the problem is always there were many times -- i cannot remember what the second question was about gas prices. the first question was natural. it's like i'm a 20 world from the word in not going to have a job. the second question that straight at the president and said, well, your energy secretary says it's not his job to keep energy prices down. on the next thing i know, we're having an argument about drilling on public land. so i went back and said that the question was, do you think it's the job of the government? and then they went on the next public lansing. so then you've given up so much time in minutes that someone coming to commit three less townhall people. i don't know what it is, but the question asked -- i did a couple times. as many times as i felt i could do without following the format. with guns i think we went off. the question with guns. i think we're talking about single mothers
and romney's case to continue to be presidential and how smart answers to questions. >> candy. >> i mean, i like the town hall idea. i like the idea of it. they were so eager to talk to them. the problem is always there were many times -- i cannot remember what the second question was about gas prices. the first question was natural. it's like i'm a 20 world from the word in not going to have a job. the second question that straight at the president and said, well, your energy...
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we had a chance to talk about the presidential race and if you look at the polls between governor romney and obama it looks as though pennsylvania once again is going to be blue and the democrats will win the top of the tick but it's interesting you mention the statewide race because you see a lot in pennsylvania that are going to look at the republican run legislature and say you will not private pass this law, you got through march, tried to jam us through the courts, you were hoping you would get it into the court to stay in effect for 2012. now that it's been struck down, you may have and in power and invigorated voting base particularly in philadelphia and pittsburgh where the majority of the blue power of the state is based, so you may see an actual legislature not necessarily the presidential race to be affected but the state legislature now from being republican to democratic which would lead to having a republican governor and a democratic legislature for the next two years going into their gubernatorial race and that is what is interesting it's not just the top of the stick to
we had a chance to talk about the presidential race and if you look at the polls between governor romney and obama it looks as though pennsylvania once again is going to be blue and the democrats will win the top of the tick but it's interesting you mention the statewide race because you see a lot in pennsylvania that are going to look at the republican run legislature and say you will not private pass this law, you got through march, tried to jam us through the courts, you were hoping you...
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speaking to presidential politics, republican nominee mitt romney is fund-raising in south carolina and his home state of massachusetts. no on camera events scheduled. the president is back at the white house today after wrapping up a three-day campaign bus tour in iowa. looking ahead to the presidential conventions, the republican national convention kicks off monday august 27 with life gavel to gavel coverage on c-span. the keynote speaker is new jersey governor chris christie. he is promising some quote very drunk and hard truths. and the week after, the democratic convention in charlotte, north carolina. the democrats will have their first ever latino keynote speaker, 37 euros san antonio mayor julio castro. every minute, both conventions live on c-span, c-span radio in streamline -- streamlined and archived on c-span.org. on c-span at one eastern watch live coverage of remarks from sister mary hughes, past president of the leadership conference of women's religious. which represents more than 80% of u.s. nuns. sister hughes is expected to address recent criticism from the vatican t
speaking to presidential politics, republican nominee mitt romney is fund-raising in south carolina and his home state of massachusetts. no on camera events scheduled. the president is back at the white house today after wrapping up a three-day campaign bus tour in iowa. looking ahead to the presidential conventions, the republican national convention kicks off monday august 27 with life gavel to gavel coverage on c-span. the keynote speaker is new jersey governor chris christie. he is...
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and in romney's case continue to be presidential. and to have smart answers to questions. >> yeah. >> candy? >> i like the town hall or mat. i like the idea of it. i like -- and i got i had close to my guys. i've been with them for a long time that day. and they were, you know, so egger to talk to them. and i guess the problem is always the same because there were many times i don't know if you remember about the second question was about gas prices and it was -- the first question was pretty knew neutral. i'm a 20-year-old i'm worried i'm not going to have a job. the second question went straight at the president and said, your energy secretary says it's not his job to keep energy prices down. and the next thing i know we are having an argument about drilling in public land. so, you know, i went back and said, but the question was do you think that it's the job of the government and they went off on the next public land thing. so then you have eaten up so much time in this, one, two, three less town hall people. i don't know what it
and in romney's case continue to be presidential. and to have smart answers to questions. >> yeah. >> candy? >> i like the town hall or mat. i like the idea of it. i like -- and i got i had close to my guys. i've been with them for a long time that day. and they were, you know, so egger to talk to them. and i guess the problem is always the same because there were many times i don't know if you remember about the second question was about gas prices and it was -- the first...
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when we look at the marital gap again, in terms of the presidential race, you can see a clear difference as well. there is a 40 four-point gap between unmarried women and married women in their support of president obama versus president romney. so, something should jump out at you and a couple of things. the first is certainly, as we have talked about the importance of mobilizing and, so you need to register and get unmarried women to turn out but also for married women, i wouldn't say well, let's just wipe them off. is a real opportunity to make sure that married women fully understand what the candidates really stand for, and how do the candidates stand to impact the important issues in their lives. so, while we focus -- continued to focus on unmarried women, i would not say that we should write married women off by any means. so unmarried women in the economy. some real challenges, with a recovery that has gone on, in the economy, 31% of the jobs are filled by women and 69% have been filled by men. 66% of unmarried women impaired to 40% of married women reported having trouble paying
when we look at the marital gap again, in terms of the presidential race, you can see a clear difference as well. there is a 40 four-point gap between unmarried women and married women in their support of president obama versus president romney. so, something should jump out at you and a couple of things. the first is certainly, as we have talked about the importance of mobilizing and, so you need to register and get unmarried women to turn out but also for married women, i wouldn't say well,...
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if one person emerges to be a clear alternative to mitt romney, for example, second place within single digits of mitt romney or mitt romney under 40%, then we could have a very fascinating and a very long process, particularly begin the way the republicans change their primary process if the proportional dollar hits that we don't have to get into, but the most likely scenario we'll have tonight is we'll have mitt romney on top, maybe he under performs a little bit, maybe some of the national media or national republican fundraisers are not too impressed, but if we have a lot of candidates in the second through five bunch, you know, getting, you know, 15, 11, 9, or 10%, and none of them drop out and all go to south carolina, you know, then mitt romney doesn't have to get 40% or 50% of the vote. he just has to have more than everybody else. if that's the situation, it will be difficult for anyone to stop mitt romney from being the nominee. >> host: one last call, john from new york, independent line. >> caller: good morning. excuse the voice. i'm just getting over a cold. thank you, c-sp
if one person emerges to be a clear alternative to mitt romney, for example, second place within single digits of mitt romney or mitt romney under 40%, then we could have a very fascinating and a very long process, particularly begin the way the republicans change their primary process if the proportional dollar hits that we don't have to get into, but the most likely scenario we'll have tonight is we'll have mitt romney on top, maybe he under performs a little bit, maybe some of the national...
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presidential challenger mitt romney is heading to israel next week as part of his three nation overseas campaign swing. he's in england this week meeting with some of the country's top officials there. he will attend the opening ceremony of the land and olympics. at the brookings institution earlier this week campaign advisers for president obama and former governor romney took part in examination of the two candidates foreign-policy differences. they discuss the violence in syria, iran's the ear program, asia-pacific relations and national security leaks. this is just under an hour and a half. >> good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. welcome to the brookings institution. a special welcome to the other crowd in the other rooms. we are very glad to have the opportunity this afternoon to host a special conversation about the foreign-policy approaches of president obama and governor romney, his presidential challenger. i am market indyk the director of the foreign-policy abrogating's. we have for a long time wanted to host both president obama and governor romney to give their foreign-polic
presidential challenger mitt romney is heading to israel next week as part of his three nation overseas campaign swing. he's in england this week meeting with some of the country's top officials there. he will attend the opening ceremony of the land and olympics. at the brookings institution earlier this week campaign advisers for president obama and former governor romney took part in examination of the two candidates foreign-policy differences. they discuss the violence in syria, iran's the...
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[applause] >> tonight president obama and republican presidential candidate mitt romney meet at lynn university in boca raton, florida, for their final debate. watch and engage with c-span's road to the white house coverage. just ahead, congressional staffers give insight on the next gaps in health care debate. after that, live coverage from the heritage foundation. a discussion on china's incoming government and its importance to the nation's increasing international role. >> also today, a look at the influence of catholic voters in this year's election. a panel will analyze and assess the latest polling data come including a recent study of the motivations of catholic swing voters. a live forum by catholic university gets underway at 12:30 p.m. eastern over on c-span. >> now, congressional staffers who specialize in health care policy offer their thoughts on what to expect in 2013. you will hear from those who work for senator tom coburn and representative michael burgess, both republicans and medical doctors. topics include the health care law, potential changes to medicare and me
[applause] >> tonight president obama and republican presidential candidate mitt romney meet at lynn university in boca raton, florida, for their final debate. watch and engage with c-span's road to the white house coverage. just ahead, congressional staffers give insight on the next gaps in health care debate. after that, live coverage from the heritage foundation. a discussion on china's incoming government and its importance to the nation's increasing international role. >> also...
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who will give round to obama round two to romney or whatever. i try come up with a rubric, a way of scores debates. i looked at things that scholar and public speakers to determine was a speech or debate effective. do you appeal to the base, do you attract undecided voters, do you deliver a zinger. did you have a gaffe. are you able to stay on the offensive. i came up with the score card something that the students on campus and area high school kids they're able to use it for hosting watch party for the debate on campus. we handed it out and had the students to score it. i'm happy to send one to c-span i sent them to area schools around the country to use so the students can figure out who won or lost. more importantly, what substitutes a good or not good debate performance. >> robert wattson -- professor at lynn university in florida. site of the fourth and final debate in the campaign election year. the third presidential debate. professor, thank you very much for being with us. >> it's my pleasure. >> and richard benedetto the long time repo
who will give round to obama round two to romney or whatever. i try come up with a rubric, a way of scores debates. i looked at things that scholar and public speakers to determine was a speech or debate effective. do you appeal to the base, do you attract undecided voters, do you deliver a zinger. did you have a gaffe. are you able to stay on the offensive. i came up with the score card something that the students on campus and area high school kids they're able to use it for hosting watch...
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you know, a lot can happen in ohio, and ohio could be in the romney camp a month from now. you know, we don't really know. it's a fluid situation. clearly despite historic trends both voters in the economy, unemployment rates, presidential approval, all of those things are true, and all of those things are daunting for the president's re-election, but the math of the electoral college today puts the president in a pretty strong position. the interesting is the polling over the last couple months, the national polls, this is a dead even race. it's, you know, over the last four months or so, it's not changedded much. 5% and 7% of the likely voters in the polls saying they are undecided, that's a small number of undecided people, particularly before votes in conventions have not played out and folks have not learned about romney. to be undecided at this point is surprising. you'd think it would be bigger. it's been a dead even race. last numbers seen were 47-47 which is not much different than it was a month ago. it's a very close race when you look at the polls, the economic
you know, a lot can happen in ohio, and ohio could be in the romney camp a month from now. you know, we don't really know. it's a fluid situation. clearly despite historic trends both voters in the economy, unemployment rates, presidential approval, all of those things are true, and all of those things are daunting for the president's re-election, but the math of the electoral college today puts the president in a pretty strong position. the interesting is the polling over the last couple...
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so there's a fascinating battle that we will see now that mitt romney has lost. the activist clash and i have an entry in south carolina is going to scream at the establishment class for having dominated the guy who lost the. >> the last two presidential candidates, republicans that came through republicans nomination process were two guys who would been called republican moderate, john mccain and mitt romney. they are the ones who survived. but the conservative side was splintered. so you can sort of see to project way farther than what i said about being humble, but you can see somebody like a chris christie still winning the nomination if he's the only moderate for the voters in michigan, iowa and illinois. and the other side is splintered. or you can see somebody like marco rubio doing richard nixon and coming from the angry side of the party and thinking into the more moderate and expanding the base demographically. that could be other solutions. >> we sit here and talk of how the republican party needs to moderate to let me show you, those same discussions
so there's a fascinating battle that we will see now that mitt romney has lost. the activist clash and i have an entry in south carolina is going to scream at the establishment class for having dominated the guy who lost the. >> the last two presidential candidates, republicans that came through republicans nomination process were two guys who would been called republican moderate, john mccain and mitt romney. they are the ones who survived. but the conservative side was splintered. so...
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in the most recent, the first presidential debate on october 3. governor romney, every freak on has good regulation, at the same time regulation can be excessive. the dodd-frank act had a number of provisions i think it unintended consequences that are harmful to the economy. it's killing regional and small banks. i would repeal and replace it. president obama, the reason we been such an enormous economic crisis was probably by reckless behavior on wall street, inc. putting main street eristic we stepped in and the toughest reforms on wall street since the 1930s. so the question is, as in the other thing with too much oversight and regulation on wall street? senator warner of virginia, who was involved in crafting the bill, voted for it, congress never gets it right when you're looking at massive reform legislation the first time through. your direction in the air and then you come back two or three years hence to do a corrections legislation. secretary of the treasure tim geithner in a "wall street journal" editorial on march 1, strong defense of
in the most recent, the first presidential debate on october 3. governor romney, every freak on has good regulation, at the same time regulation can be excessive. the dodd-frank act had a number of provisions i think it unintended consequences that are harmful to the economy. it's killing regional and small banks. i would repeal and replace it. president obama, the reason we been such an enormous economic crisis was probably by reckless behavior on wall street, inc. putting main street eristic...
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. >> shortly we will go live to new york for coverage of republican presidential candidate mitt romney. you speaking this point at the clinton global initiative, an annual meeting of global leaders seeking solutions to international problems. mitt romney will be introduced by former president bill clinton and so. it is expected to get started shortly and we will have a live for you on c-span2. until then highlights of the august session of question time in the australian parliament. ♪ >> hello, i'm david with some highlights of the last sitting of the australian parliament. one of the issues that is been talking the labor, here in australia is asylum-seekers. they been coming in record numbers on leaky boats and some sadly have been drowning at sea trying to get here. the government has been under a lot of pressure from the opposition to take a tougher policy to deter votes from making history. finally, the government act down and embraced the opposition's policy. after it was recommended by an expert panel. i asylum-seekers will now be sent to the tiny pacific country of not move an
. >> shortly we will go live to new york for coverage of republican presidential candidate mitt romney. you speaking this point at the clinton global initiative, an annual meeting of global leaders seeking solutions to international problems. mitt romney will be introduced by former president bill clinton and so. it is expected to get started shortly and we will have a live for you on c-span2. until then highlights of the august session of question time in the australian parliament. ♪...
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. >> next wednesday, october 3rd , but romney and president obama meet in their first presidential debate, moderated by jim lehrer of the news hour. watch and engage with c-span, including the live debate preview. the debate at nine, and after the date your reactions, calls coming e-mails command tweets. follow live coverage. .. on direct tv. c-span, created by american cable companies >>> a data among the candidates running to be the next governor. incumbent democrat jay nixon is seeking his second term running against dave spencer also libertarian jim higgs and it's raised as lean democratic. september 21st this comes to us from kmiz-tv. it's about an hour. >> governor nixon. go ahead. >> it's a pleasure to see so many friends we have worked with for so many years one of the reasons i ran for the governor and the things i've done for the last four and a half years now, a lot of that goes back to the small town in missouri. i had an opportunity to see my mother and father actively involved in public service on the school board. my dad as the mayor and in the evenings when the phone would
. >> next wednesday, october 3rd , but romney and president obama meet in their first presidential debate, moderated by jim lehrer of the news hour. watch and engage with c-span, including the live debate preview. the debate at nine, and after the date your reactions, calls coming e-mails command tweets. follow live coverage. .. on direct tv. c-span, created by american cable companies >>> a data among the candidates running to be the next governor. incumbent democrat jay nixon...
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nominee for the republican ticket under, of course, governor romney who has got the nomination for president. congressman paul ryan is not an unknown entity. not an unknown quantity. he has been around a long time, he has been chairman of the house budget committee, and he has put forward the so-called ryan budget twice. well, what is a budget? a budget is a blueprint, like you build a house, you have to have a blueprint. well, a budget for a city council is a blueprint for what they want to do for the city. a state budget talks about how the state is going to move. it's forward looking. what are we going to do in the future. federal budget is the same way. it's our blueprint. it's a blueprint that we want for how we're going to move our country forward. so we have the ryan budget and i think it's fair for to us take a look at that blueprint and let the american people know just what's in that budget. now, really we face a fundamental choice in this year's election. are we going to restore, rescue, rebuild the struggling middle class or are we going to shift even more of our wealth and advan
nominee for the republican ticket under, of course, governor romney who has got the nomination for president. congressman paul ryan is not an unknown entity. not an unknown quantity. he has been around a long time, he has been chairman of the house budget committee, and he has put forward the so-called ryan budget twice. well, what is a budget? a budget is a blueprint, like you build a house, you have to have a blueprint. well, a budget for a city council is a blueprint for what they want to do...
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his republican challenger mitt romney was in virginia today and stays in the region tomorrow with more campaign stops in virginia and the district of columbia. meanwhile, the vice-president of candidates on the campaign trail, paul ryan spend a day in colorado, vice-president biden campaign tomorrow and florida. >> to foster work and enterprise in the middle east and other developing countries i will initiate something i will call prosperity pacs, working with the private sector to identify the barriers to investment and trade and entrepreneurship and entrepreneurialism in developing nations. opening the market to u.s. investment and trade, developing nations will receive u.s. assistance package is focused on developing the institutions of liberty, the rule of law, property rights. >> we believe that freedom and self-determination are not unique to one culture. these are not simply american values or western values, they are universal values, and even as there will be huge challenges to come with the transition to democracy, i am convinced that ultimately government of the people, by t
his republican challenger mitt romney was in virginia today and stays in the region tomorrow with more campaign stops in virginia and the district of columbia. meanwhile, the vice-president of candidates on the campaign trail, paul ryan spend a day in colorado, vice-president biden campaign tomorrow and florida. >> to foster work and enterprise in the middle east and other developing countries i will initiate something i will call prosperity pacs, working with the private sector to...
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candidate mitt romney. the trip coincided with president obama's two-day campaign swing through those same battleground states. one of their stops was in pittsburgh where the golfs talked about -- governors talked about what they said are president obama's broken promises to the middle class. they spoke for about 25 minutes. [cheers and applause] >> thanks for coming out this morning. i'm delighted to be here with one of the great governors in the nation, governor jindal from louisiana. we've been traveling over ohio, pennsylvania. [applause] we're trying to bring a little balance to barack obama's message as he travels across ohio and pennsylvania. he's got a tour, a bus tour that you may have heard, he's dubbed it the betting on america tour. well, we should all bet on america, this tremendously blessed and beloved country. but we shouldn't double down on barack obama. his presidency's a losing hand for america. [applause] >> and he's coming across the great state of pennsylvania, and he's talking about w
candidate mitt romney. the trip coincided with president obama's two-day campaign swing through those same battleground states. one of their stops was in pittsburgh where the golfs talked about -- governors talked about what they said are president obama's broken promises to the middle class. they spoke for about 25 minutes. [cheers and applause] >> thanks for coming out this morning. i'm delighted to be here with one of the great governors in the nation, governor jindal from louisiana....
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, especially during a presidential election. i believe everyone here would agree with that. your first appearance as secretary, he focused on using law enforcement resources in a smart and effective manner. of course, immigration laws. dealing with immigration and talking with john morton to follow through. it is a positive step forward. this new policy has the effect of way of improving this end you stand by your commitment to focus on the most important population. esther martin was in vermont. we discussed back then, too. you are doing the best you can. taking a meaningful and comprehensive immigration reform. as you know, i supported president bush's efforts for meaningful and comprehensive immigration reform. i would still like to see that happen, although that has very little impact on my state, but has enormous impact on the rest of the country. as we hold this hearing today, the supreme court is hearing arguments on both arizona immigration enforcement law. the constitution declares the no government to support a rule of
, especially during a presidential election. i believe everyone here would agree with that. your first appearance as secretary, he focused on using law enforcement resources in a smart and effective manner. of course, immigration laws. dealing with immigration and talking with john morton to follow through. it is a positive step forward. this new policy has the effect of way of improving this end you stand by your commitment to focus on the most important population. esther martin was in...
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i should add republican presidential mitt romney's plan does something similar. cuts rate for the rich while refusing to name what deductions would be closed to pay for it. so the tombmy plan was a gimmick. it was a was a leap towards the tea party and away from a deal. the democrats were willing to match the republicans dollar for dollar on the spending side and more. we went even beyond the toomey plan when it came to entackling entitlements. we had backing from our leadership and our party to make a big deal. we jumped right into the middle of the ring but republicans refused to move an inch in our direction on revenue. they actually tried to use deficit reduction committee to cut taxes for the rich even further. and they were so focused how their extreme base would react they simply could not summon the will to leave their partisan corner. why is this? why is the modern republican party so opposed to allowing the rich to pay just a little bit more in taxes to help solve the debt and deficit problems of this country that they would prefer no deal at all? after
i should add republican presidential mitt romney's plan does something similar. cuts rate for the rich while refusing to name what deductions would be closed to pay for it. so the tombmy plan was a gimmick. it was a was a leap towards the tea party and away from a deal. the democrats were willing to match the republicans dollar for dollar on the spending side and more. we went even beyond the toomey plan when it came to entackling entitlements. we had backing from our leadership and our party...
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obama in late august and early september, there'll be a vice presidential pick by governor romney first, and then there'll be three debates, i assume, as there have been the last several elections between romney and obama and a vice presidential debate. people should go into those with an honest, i think, open mind as people don't, you know, if people have strong views one way or the ore, they'll also be committed. but i think people should just take a look and decide whose policies they think make more sense in terms of america's future, in terms of reducing this terrible debt and deficit, in terms of a strong foreign policy and whether the obama administration has been a successful administration or not. at what a second term of president obama would look like as opposed to a romney administration. so my plea to people, to a community that may to some degree already have its mind made up is to be open-minded, think hard about the choice that is ahead, don't think about george h.w. bush or -- i'll promise not to raise the issue of george mcgovern if barney promises not to raise the iss
obama in late august and early september, there'll be a vice presidential pick by governor romney first, and then there'll be three debates, i assume, as there have been the last several elections between romney and obama and a vice presidential debate. people should go into those with an honest, i think, open mind as people don't, you know, if people have strong views one way or the ore, they'll also be committed. but i think people should just take a look and decide whose policies they think...
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. >> next wednesday, october 3rd, mitt romney and president obama meet in their first presidential debate moderated by jim lehrer of the "newshour" from the university of denver. watch and engage with c-span including our live debate preview at 7 p.m. eastern, the debate at 9, and of after the debate your reaction, calls, e-mails and tweets. follow us on c-span, c-span radio and online at c-span.org. >> next, three former obama administration pentagon officials defend the president's foreign policy and national security record while criticizing mitt romney. moderated by former cnn, cnn contributor bill schneider, the discussion focuses largely on iran's nuclear program and america's presence in afghanistan. this event, which took place yesterday, runs about an hour, and we'll show you as of this as we can until the pentagon briefing scheduled at 2 p.m. eastern. >> struggling in, and you're encouraged to help yourself to coffee, food, whatever you need. my name's mike bennett, on behalf of my colleagues, jim kessler -- who's here somewhere -- sean gibbons and mika, welcome to another anti-
. >> next wednesday, october 3rd, mitt romney and president obama meet in their first presidential debate moderated by jim lehrer of the "newshour" from the university of denver. watch and engage with c-span including our live debate preview at 7 p.m. eastern, the debate at 9, and of after the debate your reaction, calls, e-mails and tweets. follow us on c-span, c-span radio and online at c-span.org. >> next, three former obama administration pentagon officials defend the...
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after all, their presidential nominee, mitt romney made a fortune outsourcing jobs also. so republicans are putting breaks for corporations and multimillionaires ahead of the needs of ordinary americans and what most americans need is a good job, a job here at home and the assurance that taxes won't go up. democrats, republicans and independents across the country agree with our plan. it's only republicans in congress who disagree. yet republicans here in congress in the senate are filibustering the legislation to bring jobs back to america. and they've twice blocked a vote on legislation to keep taxes low for 98% of american families. it was republicans who asked for a vote on the plan to raise taxes for 25 million families and a vote on our plan to keep taxes low for 135 million american taxpayers. so we offered them what they wanted. we offered them up-or-down votes on both proposals. no procedural hoops, no delay tactics, simple majority votes on our plan and theirs and they refused. so maybe republicans refused our offer because they don't have the votes for their pl
after all, their presidential nominee, mitt romney made a fortune outsourcing jobs also. so republicans are putting breaks for corporations and multimillionaires ahead of the needs of ordinary americans and what most americans need is a good job, a job here at home and the assurance that taxes won't go up. democrats, republicans and independents across the country agree with our plan. it's only republicans in congress who disagree. yet republicans here in congress in the senate are...
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mitt romney was in tampa this morning and heading to lehigh acres. it is halfway between tampa and the bottom of the state. rick santorum is finishing a event in stuart, north of west palm beach. ron paul returns to texas after the debate and doesn't have any public events today. we'll show you that hour long debate right now, courtesy of "nbc news.". >> tonight's gathering of the candidates, this special edition of rock center comes after what already has been a long campaign. it started in iowa. it continued in new hampshire. >> we made history. >> but after a bruising battle in south carolina the fight comes now here to florida, the first big state to have a big say in the gop contest. the issues? a stubborn 10% unemployment rate. for seniors, real concerns about the future, medicare, social security, high foreclosure rates, education, immigration and 90 miles off the florida coast, cuba. that and more on the agenda tonight. the debate starts now. ♪ . >> this is the nbc news republican candidates debate in partnership with the "tampa bay times"
mitt romney was in tampa this morning and heading to lehigh acres. it is halfway between tampa and the bottom of the state. rick santorum is finishing a event in stuart, north of west palm beach. ron paul returns to texas after the debate and doesn't have any public events today. we'll show you that hour long debate right now, courtesy of "nbc news.". >> tonight's gathering of the candidates, this special edition of rock center comes after what already has been a long campaign....
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[applause] >> republican presidential candidate mitt romney was in hartford, connecticut earlier today saying president obama's policies are bad for women because of the economic policies. holding the presidential primary tuesday, april 24th. [cheers and applause] >> we welcome you here today. i should tell you that your campaign did not know when they called me last week that what my political affiliations were, and they never asked me. [laughter] >> i won't do it now. [laughter] never ask a question you don't know the answer to; right? [laughter] you're here because we're a woman owned business and a small business. we think that you are uniquely qualified to lead us out of our national debt crisis and solve the economic problems we have. my interest as an employer of 24 people and the grandmother of 11 grandchildren, i'm concerned about the next 10-20 years, and the next four years so that they don't have to worry about paying the national debt. so, welcome. >> thank you. [applause] >> like to introduce the republican party committee chairman. [applause] >> thank you, karen. hello,
[applause] >> republican presidential candidate mitt romney was in hartford, connecticut earlier today saying president obama's policies are bad for women because of the economic policies. holding the presidential primary tuesday, april 24th. [cheers and applause] >> we welcome you here today. i should tell you that your campaign did not know when they called me last week that what my political affiliations were, and they never asked me. [laughter] >> i won't do it now....
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looks back at some past presidential town hall debates. saturday at 7:00 eastern barack obama and john mccain from four years ago. 8:35 george w. bush and al gore in 2000. at 10:10 saturday night the first presidential town hall debate in 1992 with bill clinton, george bush and ross perot. >> he would never tell anybody whether he was going to use nuclear weapons. why is this important? in the 1950s nuclear-weapons work pretty new and we threatened to use them at various stages but nobody ever knew whether he was serious or not, whether he meant it and to be credible as a deterrent you have to be credible. ike never told anybody. i was fascinated by that notion. talk about the loneliness of command, the use of nuclear weapons. what could be a greater command decisions and that? here was a guy who ran the allied invasion in world war ii and now he is president and has an even greater level of responsibility at a time when nuclear-weapons our new. we have not just one or two but building a whole arsenal of tactical nuclear weapons, h bombs.
looks back at some past presidential town hall debates. saturday at 7:00 eastern barack obama and john mccain from four years ago. 8:35 george w. bush and al gore in 2000. at 10:10 saturday night the first presidential town hall debate in 1992 with bill clinton, george bush and ross perot. >> he would never tell anybody whether he was going to use nuclear weapons. why is this important? in the 1950s nuclear-weapons work pretty new and we threatened to use them at various stages but nobody...
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the 54 republican presidential delegates at stake. we will have live coverage tonight as the result in speeches. poll said mr. romney and rival rick santorum at a statistical tie a week ago and now that romney's popularity in illinois has surged in some polls. the u.s. senate is about to gavel in. senators will begin the day with the general speeches. at about 11 eastern they will resume work on a small business bill letting them raise funds from small investors over the internet. and changing regulations on small businesses going public. senators plan a number of votes starting shortly after 11:30 a.m. to move the bill forward and limit debate on a couple of amendments, one by jack reed would limit small business abilities to delay rule complained to another by washington state democrat maria cantwell we continue the export-import bank's charter for another four years. its current charter runs out may 31. and now to live coverage of the u.s. senate here on c-span2. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, d
the 54 republican presidential delegates at stake. we will have live coverage tonight as the result in speeches. poll said mr. romney and rival rick santorum at a statistical tie a week ago and now that romney's popularity in illinois has surged in some polls. the u.s. senate is about to gavel in. senators will begin the day with the general speeches. at about 11 eastern they will resume work on a small business bill letting them raise funds from small investors over the internet. and changing...
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a look at the presidential candidates today. republican nominee romney is holding several fundraisers in north carolina. alabama and has no jom camera events scheduled. president obama is wrapping up the last day of his three-day bus tour through the state of iowa by campaigning with the first lady mop. coming. this afternoon we'll have live coverage over on c-span as they speak to supporters in daven port. next week at wall street perspective on the new republican ticket. how republicans should approach the pending fiscal cliff. from today's washington journal this is 40 minutes. >> host: we turn to wall street's perspective on campaign 2012 with economic expert and host of cnbc kudlow report larry kudlow. glad to have you on the washington journal this morning. i want to start by getting your thought on paul ryan joining the republican ticket over the weekend. >> caller: well, of course you're talking to a big fan of paul ryan. he ha is an old friend much mine going back i don't know over twenty years. when we were all power a
a look at the presidential candidates today. republican nominee romney is holding several fundraisers in north carolina. alabama and has no jom camera events scheduled. president obama is wrapping up the last day of his three-day bus tour through the state of iowa by campaigning with the first lady mop. coming. this afternoon we'll have live coverage over on c-span as they speak to supporters in daven port. next week at wall street perspective on the new republican ticket. how republicans...
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bader come in monday's presidential debate in florida with president obama and governor mitt romney referred to china's's economic and trade behavior as unfair in fundamental ways. what specifically with the administration do if given another four years to address the inequities and what leverage with the president have but he didn't have in the first term? >> aaron outlined a lot of problems in the system producing the unbalances we are facing and i think our analysis on this one probably be fairly similar. the -- it is not a level playing field. china is pursuing industrial policy which favors certain sectors and certain companies. the state-owned enterprises operate with unfair advantage in the chinese system. they get subsidies on land and taxes. they get loans from the state-owned banks they don't necessarily repaid and the result is massive over investments and an investment driven economy that produces less goods and the chinese have to figure out what to do with these goods and so they sell them abroad. frequently at accessible low-price is. the chinese have to move away from this in
bader come in monday's presidential debate in florida with president obama and governor mitt romney referred to china's's economic and trade behavior as unfair in fundamental ways. what specifically with the administration do if given another four years to address the inequities and what leverage with the president have but he didn't have in the first term? >> aaron outlined a lot of problems in the system producing the unbalances we are facing and i think our analysis on this one...
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endorsed mitt romney. tell us behind the scenes before you went on stage what happened. >> well, there's an awful lot of excitement, and senator mccain came in, and certainly he ran into his colleague from the senate first, and certainly i was behind her, and he noticed me, and he said, oh, you're here? and i enforced senator mccain last year right in front of city hall right after iowa, so he was kind of hoping i was going to bring the same l luck to the romney campaign. so i look forward to the race and, certainly, mitt romney being the next president of the united states. >> mayor ted gatsas, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> c-span's road to the white house continues from new hampshire. for coverage of tuesday's primary. live every morning, "washington journal" talks with political guests taking your phone calls. throughout the day, live coverage of campaign events as candidates talk to new hampshire voters and see the latest videos of the candidates and read what they're saying from the campaign t
endorsed mitt romney. tell us behind the scenes before you went on stage what happened. >> well, there's an awful lot of excitement, and senator mccain came in, and certainly he ran into his colleague from the senate first, and certainly i was behind her, and he noticed me, and he said, oh, you're here? and i enforced senator mccain last year right in front of city hall right after iowa, so he was kind of hoping i was going to bring the same l luck to the romney campaign. so i look...
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couple elections, between romney and obama and vice vice presidential debate. go into those with an honest, open mind. people don't, you know, people have strong views one way or the other, they'll be committed, but there's a fair number of up decided voters, and people have to take a look and decide whose policies make more sense in terms of america's future, in terms of reducing this terrible debt and deficit, in terms of a strong foreign policy, and whether the obama administration was successful administration or not, and what a second term of president obama administration looks like opposed to a romney administration. my plea to a community that may to some degree have a mind made up, but it to be open minded, think hard about the choices ahead. don't think about george hw bush or -- i'll promise not to raise the issue of george mcgovern if he does not raise the issue of george hw bush or baker. take a look at the real choice before us in 2012. >> thank you. >> can i ask bill one question? [applause] i just -- [applause] i was impressed with bill's urging
couple elections, between romney and obama and vice vice presidential debate. go into those with an honest, open mind. people don't, you know, people have strong views one way or the other, they'll be committed, but there's a fair number of up decided voters, and people have to take a look and decide whose policies make more sense in terms of america's future, in terms of reducing this terrible debt and deficit, in terms of a strong foreign policy, and whether the obama administration was...
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. >>> mitt romney and president obama neat their first presidential debate. moderated by jim of the news hour from the university of denver. watch and engage with c-span including the live debate preview at 7:00 p.m. eastern. and after the debates your reactions, calls and tweets. .. long diplomatic career. he did serve and a number of eminent u.s. test related positions, international security council and the state department as well as in europe itself. this increased for some time in 2006 when you lead the first provincial reconstruction team not in afghanistan, but in northern iraq. he then became ambassador brock before returning to the u.s. embassy in baghdad. finally into does intend you were sworn in as u.s. ambassador to pakistan. i understand that after you retire you will be going to the columbia school of law and then follow that with some other academic. welcome back to the world of academia. you as representative in pakistan during changing time. your tenure was exactly not an easy one. relations between the two countries after the quite unprece
. >>> mitt romney and president obama neat their first presidential debate. moderated by jim of the news hour from the university of denver. watch and engage with c-span including the live debate preview at 7:00 p.m. eastern. and after the debates your reactions, calls and tweets. .. long diplomatic career. he did serve and a number of eminent u.s. test related positions, international security council and the state department as well as in europe itself. this increased for some time...
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he has been mentioned as potential vice presidential running mate for mr. romney. >> thank you very much. thank you. thank you, thanks for running, and you're going to win. you will win because of the work of a lot of these folks here. so thanks for the chance to be with you. it's been pointed out already, but the reason that i am here today is because virginia is ground zero in this presidential campaign, and all these other campaigns up and down the ballot this year. it's going to be critical that we get the photos. everything that you do here, every phone call that you can which i know is tedious hard work, monotonous work sometimes, we'll get us one step closer to making sure that mitt romney is the next president of the united states. [applause] and it can't, it can't happen soon enough. you've all heard it discussed, but pete was talking about this. you know, when you got 1.5 is an economic growth, which is what they just told us this point was the last quarter growth, very, very sluggish economic growth, over 40 months now of unemployment above 8%, 2
he has been mentioned as potential vice presidential running mate for mr. romney. >> thank you very much. thank you. thank you, thanks for running, and you're going to win. you will win because of the work of a lot of these folks here. so thanks for the chance to be with you. it's been pointed out already, but the reason that i am here today is because virginia is ground zero in this presidential campaign, and all these other campaigns up and down the ballot this year. it's going to be...
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. >> i was less confident than gary was about the presidential race. my staff certainly said one thing but in boston at the romney headquarters my god was sensing a lot of confidence coming out of that building. unlike mr. romney and did have a concession speech prepared for this event as we thought through what the conversation would be like depending on the scenario but i had a few questions on election night. the first was remembering exactly what it felt like in 2004, where we had a dozen constitutional amendments passed all across the country. you had karl rove celebrated as the architect hewitt just built a new kind of republican electoral majority that would have legs in traction for a decade or two. you had a president who was reelected, not because of that within the toolkit was the use of the wedge issue, gay, gays and lgbt couples across the country. the dark and sort of fetal position and what i sensed on election night this year is how proud i am about our resilience. we picked ourselves up and we decided to fight and decided to start talk
. >> i was less confident than gary was about the presidential race. my staff certainly said one thing but in boston at the romney headquarters my god was sensing a lot of confidence coming out of that building. unlike mr. romney and did have a concession speech prepared for this event as we thought through what the conversation would be like depending on the scenario but i had a few questions on election night. the first was remembering exactly what it felt like in 2004, where we had a...